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Subject: RE: Bar-end signal fun

Author: Charlie Mullendore

Date: Jan 11, 2005, 4:00 PM

Post ID: 1718192815


All of my worrying in advance about the signals turns out to be no
problem. The three flashers I tried must have been defective - bought a
new one today at NAPA (the cheapest they had) and it blinks my one
little 10 watt festoon bulb perfectly! I've found an online source for
Xenon festoon bulbs which are supposed to be brighter, hoping I can find
a local source for them. Wal-Mart of all places had a Xenon version of
the dash light bulbs for my Mercedes, might check there. Thanks to all
who responded! Cheers,

Charlie Mullendore wrote:
 
Hi Greg,
Thanks for the tips on the resistors. Festoon bulbs come in a pretty
limited range of wattage, 10 being the highest I've found so far. I'll
play around with different flashers, resistors and bulbs until I come up

with what I want. Cheers,

Greg Bender wrote:
 
Hi Charlie,

I just got done playing around with resistors while I was working to
make my turn signals operate as combination turn signals and running
lights. I found that 1 Ohm, 10 watt resistors from Radio Shack worked
well for making blink rate nice. However, they got VERY hot. Using the
vast scientific resources I had at my disposal (an instantly slightly
burned finger upon touch), I determined that they were too hot to
operate unless I attached them externally to some chunk of metal away
from anything that could melt (especially skin).

http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&category%5Fname=CTLG%5F011%5F002%5F014%5F004&product%5Fid=271%2D131




I also tried using Electronic Flashers units, but found that 2 of the 3
identical flashers didn't work for my application. In the end, I
adjusted the resistance I needed by using higher wattage bulbs. For
flashers, I purchased cheap, $2 Buss units from Walmart. Hope this
helps.

For more info on what I did, go to:
http://www.thisoldtractor.com/gtbender/turn_signals_as_running_lights.htm




Charlie
http://www.loopframeguzzi.com/

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